scholarly journals Word Creation in Computer-Mediated Communication. Occasionalisms (False-Names) and Neologisms (Study based on examples on the social network "Facebook")

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-236
Author(s):  
Mariyan Petrov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

The report examines the emergence, structuring and spread of occasionalisms (false names) in computer-mediated communication and their transformation into neologisms. When, how, and under what conditions do nonce words turn into neologisms? Keywords: Occasionalisms; False-Names; Neologisms; Computer-Mediated Communication

scholarly journals “Netlect” in Albanian: The Social Network Variety

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
Rrahman Paçarizi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Language Variety ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

Abstract Instant messaging, texting, or even Computer Mediated Communication are the terms used to refer to communication in social networks. These terms are not the most appropriate ones because the technology and platforms of this way of communication have evolved rapidly. Since this communication is widespread, there is a need to have a much more standardized communication in terms of the language variety used for it. Having in mind various principles of socio cognitive approach in terminology, the study aimed to build a new appropriate term in this regard. Having in mind all the circumstances and the scale of standardization of this way of communication, I think that the best term that fits it is “Netlect”. This is done in order to include, using the same word, the name of the platform where this communication is being developed (net) and the paradigm for linguistic variety (lect), as in socio+lect, dia+lect etc. The case of Albanian and other languages goes in favour of this term because we are talking about “a language variety that never existed before”, as Ferrara, Brunner, and Whittemore stated earlier in 1991.

My Desired Self, Avatar

Oncology ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 676-688
Author(s):  
Youjeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Experimental Setting ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

In computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments, users utilize their avatars as a communication channel to interact and connect with others, and they choose and create them accordingly to represent their self. As such, several major question areas arise: 1) As an extension of identity, how does a user customize his/her avatar? How is the avatar's appearance related to the avatar creator's self-concept? 2) How does avatar creation influence the avatar creator's psychological and behavioral consequences? To answer these questions, the current study leveraged a Korean social networking site, which currently provides avatars called “Minimis,” in a randomized experimental setting. This study found that the more the participants perceived their avatars to look like their desired selves, the more likely they evaluated their avatars as being attractive, credible, confident, cool, capable, and persuasive, but failed to find a significant relationship between avatar users' perceptions toward self-created avatars and their attitudes toward the social network site or ads.. The limitations and implications will be discussed.

Social networks and online community

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Network Approach ◽  
Interpersonal Ties

The very notion of community in an online context can begin a hot debate. Those who would keep the term ‘community’ for the imagined ideal of cooperation and joint sharing of land, resources, and goals ask: How can community exist without physical co-location and a geographic touchstone? How can the leanness of computer-mediated communication support the richness inherent in a community? This article revisits the debate about community and online community, and offers a means of conceptualizing and investigating online community using a social network perspective that frees it from its former geographical constraints. It begins with a look at the challenges to community that have fed into arguments against online community, and with a section on the discovery of community online. The article then addresses the case for a network view of community, starting with how the social network approach has been applied to offline communities and how this lays the groundwork for unbundling community from face-to-face interaction and geographic co-location. Following a brief section on the basics of social-network terminology, it returns to the main topic of community, with a focus on the network-level aspects of community, showing how patterns of interpersonal ties can build a network with outcomes greater than the sum of the pairwise connections. The final sections explore variants on the theme of community, first by revisiting the online and offline dichotomy and addressing the advantages, and indeed the inevitability, of considering community from both online and offline sides.

Social Distance Increases Perceived Physical Distance

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Stevenson Won ◽  
Ketaki Shriram ◽  
Diana I. Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Spatial Distance ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Closeness ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

Proximity, or spatial closeness, can generate social closeness—the closer people are together, the more they interact, affiliate, and befriend one another. Mediated communication allows people to bridge spatial distance and can increase social closeness between conversational partners, even when they are separated by distance. However, mediated communication may not always make people feel closer together. Here, we test a hypothesis derived from construal theory, about one way in which mediated communication might increase spatial distance, by imposing social distance between two texting partners. In three studies, the social distance generated by a text conversation correlated with estimates of spatial distance. Conversations designed to generate social distance increased estimates of spatial distance. We discuss this relationship in light of the rise in computer-mediated communication.

Exploring Online Dating in Line With the “Social Compensation” and “Rich-Get-Richer” Hypotheses

2019 ◽  
pp. 98-113
Author(s):  
Samantha Stinson ◽  
Debora Jeske
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Personal Variables ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Rich

Computer-mediated communication offers a range of potentially appealing features, including selective self-presentation, social presence control, and simultaneous as well as asynchronous interaction tools. The study examines the influence of personality (introversion and extraversion) and personal variables (social anxiety and public self-consciousness) on online dating preferences from two competing perspectives: the “social compensation” (SC) hypothesis and the “rich-get-richer” (RGR) hypothesis. Survey results (N = 162) revealed that the SC and RGR hypotheses do not hold true within the context of online dating. The findings suggest a stronger role of social influence (e.g., peers) in the decision to online date. The SC and RGR hypotheses may be limited in terms of the extent to which these frameworks adequately explain this online behavior. This may also be due to the increasing popularity of online dating sites, which may make personality and personal traits less informative of whether individuals will opt to use such services.

Solidarity and Rapport in Social Interaction

2011 ◽  
pp. 934-946
Author(s):  
Jung-ran Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

This chapter examines the way online language users enhance social interaction and group collaboration through the computer mediated communication (CMC) channel. For this, discourse analysis based on the linguistic politeness theoretical framework is applied to the transcripts of a real time online chat. Analysis of the data shows that online participants employ a variety of creative devices to signal nonverbal communication cues that serve to build interpersonal solidarity and rapport, as well as by seeking common ground and by expressing agreement online participants increase mutual understanding and harmonious social interaction. This sets the tone of positive interpersonal relationships and decreases the social distance among participants. In turn, this engenders solidarity and proximity, which enhances social interaction through the CMC channel.

scholarly journals Communication Practices and Social Tie Formation: A Case Study of Recreational Lifestyle Sports Cultures

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veera Ehrlén
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Communication Practices

This case study examines contemporary recreational sports practitioners’ communication practices and social tie formation from the perspective of two lifestyle sports disciplines: climbing and trail running. Online survey results from 301 climbers and trail runners from Finland indicate that computer-mediated communication (CMC) has established its place in recreational lifestyle sports cultures; however, it has not done it at the expense of face-to-face (FtF) communication. Online interaction produces weak social ties with instrumental and informative value, but physical location is essential in establishing ties with emotional and appraisal value. This paper argues that it is the sports subculture and individual practitioners’ needs that define how interaction is realized, and what importance different online and off-line communication practices have. Besides studying communication practices, this case study explores the social meanings practitioners attribute to their social contacts.

scholarly journals THE OCCURRENCE OF CODE-SWITCHING AMONG MALAYSIAN UNDERGRADUATES ON WHATSAPP: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Othman Ismail ◽  
Adlin Nadhirah binti Mohd Roslan ◽  
Malissa Maria Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Governing Factor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Critical Overview

This research proffers a critical overview of the theoretical and analytical occurrence of code-switching by reviewing a range of empirical and relevant studies. In particular, the dominating and governing factor of computer-mediated communication and code-switching. This research also probes the pertinent concepts, focusing on the types of code-switching and its correlation with computer mediated communication. Subsequently, it reviews the structural features of WhatsApp, deliberating the occurrence of code-switching among UiTM undergraduates in Malaysia, noting the social motivation of style-shifting. The research concludes with recommendations for future research, emphasising on the issue of its applicability to the analysis of second language acquisition and learning. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0950/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Code-switching in the computer-mediated communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-415
Author(s):  
I. Darginavičienė ◽  
I. Ignotaitė
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Construction Of Reality ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Communicative

Most authors admit that code-switching is the process of switching different languages, their varieties, speaking styles, etc. Today the majority of people in the world are multilingual and often mix languages in different ways, which makes code-switching a quite common global phenomenon. Code-switching incorporates government, cultural, religious and network contexts, and the frequency of code-switching in such multilingual conversations is an indicator of the global dominance of multilingualism. Online communication fosters social communicative practices consisting of code-switching and marks the development of verbal behaviour of multilingual communities. Code-switching also affects language visuality, its images are tools for the social construction of reality. The developed verbal practices support effective communication and affect the expression of new meanings. The article aims at presenting the features of code-switching in digital communication with 8 examples of different length, topic and author, in which the native Lithuanians code-switched to English and used elements of the Internet language. These examples were taken from the social networks Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and the authors analyzed the grammar, spelling and punctuation of both Lithuanian and the English words, the type and use of the code-switched English elements, special characters, abbreviations, emoji and other features of the Internet language. The results show that online communication is not entirely textual, with various means of text composition communicators make their code-switched English elements more visible and alter the appearance of messages. Such practices correspond to the features of social networks and seem to follow the popular Internet culture trends.

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